Your Holiday Travel Doesn't Have to Be a Tragic Comedy

By Mark A. Lavery

Raise your hand if you enjoy traveling for holidays. No. I didn’t say if you enjoy going places for the holidays. I said traveling. Let’s try this again.

For many Americans, going over the river and through the woods is a time honored tradition and a chance to spend time with family and friends. The getting there, however, can often turn the most hardened traveler into a forlorn victim of circumstance.

There are ways to beat the system, but, let’s keep these just between you and me, okay?